Attractions in Bakersfield, CA

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The city is full of hidden gems and treasures. If you’re tired of always hitting the same spots, take a look at all the options below. We showcase businesses near you where you could spend countless hours of endless fun with your entire family.

Say goodbye to the boring weekends and routine birthday parties. Think outside the box and dare to try something new. Take a look at what your city has to offer – all within driving distance of your location. You might be surprised!

Enjoy bowling at the AMF Westchester Lanes in Bakersfield. Meet your friends or make new ones when you get together to eat, drink and go bowling. You'll have plenty of fun bowling strikes and eating and drinking at the Laneside Grill. You're sure to enjoy some of the best recreation and entertainment value in the city.

Word is, Bakersfield Ice Sports Center is the coolest attraction in town for hours of family fun. Skate on over to check out the public ice-skating rink, offering good ole' fashion skate sessions and lessons. If you're into sports, check into the rough and tumble ice hockey league, offering adult and youth hockey and power skating classes.

Art buffs hang out at the Bakersfield Museum of Art to appreciate permanent collections from renowned regional artists, and view rare traveling exhibits such as Lethal Beauty; Samurai Weapons and Armor, displaying the compelling duality of deadly weaponry forged with artistic beauty. Release your inner artist by signing up for one of the museum's art classes or workshops.

Broadway's musical magic happens at the Stars Theatre Restaurant . Spend an evening enjoying entertainment on a stage that features elaborate sets, beautiful costumes, and the impressive talents of community-based casts. The theater has hosted performances of popular productions like Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.

Conduct your evening out at the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy listening to the sweeping sounds of the professional 80 member orchestra under the direction of Maestro John Farrer, as it performs classical music masterpieces written by the musical greats. Productions have included Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, Brahms Symphony No. 4 and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.

Sharktooth Hill is famous for million year-old fossils, and many of them are on display at the Buena Vista Museum in Bakersfield. The highlight of the collection is a five star skeletal fossil that is the 10,000,000-year-old ancestor of today's flipper-footed marine mammal friends, the seal, sea lions, and walruses.

Calm your wild interest at the California Living Museum, known by locals as CALM, the state's premier native zoo and garden. Discover a wild kingdom adventure teeming with animals, plants, fossils, artifacts, and attractions ready to capture a wild amount of respect for all living things through education, recreation, and conservation.

Get your game on at Camelot Park in Bakersfield. Families get together for a round of 18-hole miniature golf, they race side by side around the exhilarating go-kart track to test their behind-the-wheel skills, and stay afloat to avoid a family collision in electric bumper boats. Other fun attractions at Camelot park include batting cages and an arcade.

Incredible family fun happens at John's Incredible Pizza in Bakersfield. Families find that this is the place to satisfy a big appetite with incredible food including delicious pizzas, great soups, healthy salads and more. This pizza parlor is also home to incredible fun with the Fun World attraction featuring bumper cars, twister, frog hopper, bowling, laser tag and more!

Get your ticket to the hottest live entertainment and sports action in downtown Bakersfield at the Rabobank Arena. Take your seat with 10,000 of your closest neighbors in front of a stage that hosts live performances from Disney on Ice to Judaist Priest, and the LA Lakers versus the LA Clippers.

Discover a community treasure at The Fox Theater. Enter a historic 1930s theater restored to its former glory, considered to be the crown jewel of performing arts and entertainment in downtown Bakersfield. Enjoy a performing arts stage and state-of-the-art movie theater that's featured performances by artists like Billy Idol, productions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Dos Equis Comedy Hour.

Travel back in time at The Kern County Museum in Bakersfield. Step inside the pioneer village attraction, situated across 16 acres with over 50 authentic buildings collected from around the county. The buildings presented are related to life in the 19th century, and include an adobe house, bank, barn, blacksmith shop, harness shop, hospital and more.